Caged by the Wolf King
Torches flickered in their sconces, casting dancing shadows across the carnage.
And in the center of it all, Kaelen Blackthorn stood like a god of war.
He was covered in blood—black and red and everything in between. His eyes glowed like dying stars. His sword dripped. His chest heaved. Around him, a ring of Shadowfang wolves lay dead or dying.
He was magnificent.
And he was trapped.
Derrick stood on the platform above, surrounded by his elite guard. In his hand, he held a knife to the throat of a hostage—a young Nightshade wolf, barely eighteen, her eyes wide with terror.